I just did an entire thread on this exact topic, you are welcome to go through it and use all of my sources. All the main points I made are referenced so you should be able to get the information easily and quickly.

Just a tip for writing such essays, try to always reference the source from which the information came from originally, so that you can be sure to be accurate i.e. don't just reference this thread and use all the information from it. I have absolutely no problem with you using all the information but I would hate for you to take what I said for granted - always check your sources!!

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.

I didn't mean to sound overbearing when I mentioned quoting the original source but a lot of the things I wrote are heavily coloured by my own opinion and experiences and I would hate for that to influence someone elses opinion!

There is another article that I used that you can find later in the thread (in the last couple of pages I think) that you may also find useful which was a study into the causes and frequency of injuries to racehorses.

Good luck!

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.

Oh wow, dido! We're doing persuasive essays and the topic I chose was the racing of two-year olds before their growth plates secure. Kind of hard to find info on, I labored for weeks finding sites! Here's some of them, to save you the time:

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